Techmeme: New Delhi-based Amagi, which provides ad software for broadcast and streaming TV, raises $95M led by Accel at a $1B+ valuation, bringing total funding to $245M (Kerry Flynn/Axios)

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

iPad Air (2022) review: fast with the M1 chip and great display but Touch ID is not as convenient as Face ID and the front camera is awkward in landscape mode — The new iPad Air is a blend of familiar features with predictable results — Much of the new iPad Air from Apple is a known quantity.

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Tweets: @stevekovach, @dcseifert, @scmpnews, @irishtimesbiz, @viticci, @dcseifert, @panzer, @chris_lawley, @dcseifert, @gregorymcfadden, @bstoly, and @viticci

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Hands-on with Universal Control: Apple's most impressive new feature in years that bridges the gap between macOS and iPadOS without requiring Apple peripherals

More: 9to5Mac and Computerworld

Tweets: @jbrooksuk, @simonbs, @jeffseibert, @briantong, @bengeskin, @mcsquared96, @jeffnolan, and @viticci

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:

Linktree, which creates simple “link in bio” landing pages for people and companies, raises a $110M Series C led by Index and Coatue at a $1.3B valuation — Who would've thought that an entire swath of startups would spring up all because Instagram, TikTok and Twitter only let you link to one website in your bio?

More: Protocol and Australian Financial Review. Tweets: @asilbwrites

Bloomberg:

Foxconn resumes partial operations at two Shenzhen campuses closed on Monday, one of which makes iPhones, after authorities approved its “closed loop” process — Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn Technology Group has resumed partial operations in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen …

More: TheStreet, Reuters, CNBC, South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, CNET, iMore, MacRumors, iThinkDifferent, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Mac Observer, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, Livy's Newsletter, Apple Must, iPhone in Canada Blog, and AppleInsider. Tweets: @briantycangco

Karissa Bell / Engadget:

Mark Zuckerberg says NFT support will be coming to Instagram over the next several months and that users will “be able to mint things within that environment” — Love them or hate them, NFTs will soon be coming to Instagram. Speaking at SXSW, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed …

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft unveils the AI-powered Surface Hub 2 Smart Camera, with support for automatic reframing, image correction, and more, available for $799 on May 31 — Microsoft's latest camera has a lot of smarts — Microsoft is launching its first AI-powered camera for the Surface Hub 2.

More: Windows Blog, Thurrott, Thurrott, XDA Developers, PCWorld, Windows Central, Windows Central, The Official Microsoft Blog, Neowin, BigTechWire, YouTube, Digital Trends, and OnMSFT.com. Tweets: @tomwarren

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

The FBI and CISA warn that Russian state-sponsored hackers accessed an unnamed NGO's network by exploiting default MFA protocols and the PrintNightmare flaw — The FBI says Russian state-backed hackers gained access to a non-governmental organization (NGO) cloud after enrolling their own device …

More: CISA, Cybersecurity Dive, Metacurity, cybernews.com, The Hacker News, VentureBeat, Security Affairs, ZDNet, Bob's Newsletter, Silicon Republic, DataBreaches.net, and SecurityWeek

Tweets: @cisagov, @cisagov, and @cisagov

Thomas Brewster / Forbes:

A look at Ukraine's “invisible heroes”, internet technicians who are risking their lives avoiding bombs and thwarting Russian hackers to keep Ukraine online — They're fixing internet in bombed-out buildings, finding rogue operators providing Russians with mobile connections and thwarting hackers.

More: 9to5Mac. Tweets: @schmmuck, @iblametom, @netblocks, @a_picazo, @x0rz, @davemaasland, @iblametom, @iblametom, and @kimzetter

Ellen Huet / Bloomberg:

Sam Altman's Worldcoin recently halted operations in at least seven countries due to problems like uneven smartphone access, confused users, and fraud attempts — Worldcoin — the billion-dollar startup that wants to give cryptocurrency to every living human by imaging their eyes …

Tweets: @ldrogen

Chris Bengel / CBS Sports:

Spotify signs a sponsorship deal with FC Barcelona, including rebranding the soccer club's stadium to Spotify Camp Nou, reportedly worth $310M over four years — FC Barcelona have agreed to a sponsorship deal with Spotify to have the audio streaming platform become the club's main partner.

Source: Spotify and FC Barcelona. More: The Verge, ESPN, Marca, Daily Mail, Goal.com, Sky Sports, beIN SPORTS News, Associated Press, The Athletic, BBC, Silicon Canals, Variety, Gizchina, The Guardian, Bloomberg, GSMArena.com, and Music Ally

Tweets: @fcbarcelona, @joepompliano, @jacquesgreene, @tim_burgess, @ohboyrecords, @imohumoren, and @spotifynews

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Clive Thompson / Wired:

An in-depth look at GitHub and OpenAI's Copilot, which writes 35% of its users' code, and how AI tools can make developers more efficient and democratize coding — OpenAI's new tool can autocomplete lines of programming or conjure software from a simple prompt. It could also riddle the internet with even more bugs.

Tweets: @sama. Thanks:@colegarry2

Kris Holt / Engadget:

Google Domains launches out of beta in 26 countries, after seven years, offering 300+ domain endings and “around-the-clock customer support from real people” — Seven long, long years ago, Google started offering users a way to buy a domain without having to deal with a host provider.

More: The Keyword, TechRadar, and SlashGear

Tweets: @zackkanter, @google, @dangoodin001, @jeffnolan, and @sh4na

Jon Porter / The Verge:

Meta launches Family Center, a suite of parental supervision tools for its apps, starting with Instagram in the US and rolling out globally in the coming months — Allowing parents and guardian to keep a watchful eye — Instagram's new parental controls, announced in December, are launching today in the US.

More: Meta, CNN, TechCrunch, Protocol, Bloomberg, Adweek, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @mosseri

Margaret Harding McGill / Axios:

With Congress divided over passing a national privacy law, tech industry groups are lobbying Utah and other states to pass privacy laws weaker than California's — The tech industry is lobbying statehouses across the country to pass privacy bills that critics call weak.

More: 9to5Mac and MobileSyrup

Tweets: @accountabletech, @axios, and @fightfortheftr

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:

Multiplier, which lets companies hire and pay remote workers while complying with local laws, raises a $60M Series B at a $400M valuation — Multiplier, a startup that enables companies to hire and pay remote workers while complying with local laws, announced today that it has raised …

More: FinSMEs, The Economic Times, and Tech in Asia

Douglas Soltys / BetaKit:

Montreal-based job search portal Talent.com raises a $120M Series B led by Inovia and discloses a $30M in debt finance it raised in January from BMO — Co-CEO says startup wants to be Pepsi to Indeed's Coke. — It has been a tumultuous few years for Montréal's Talent.com.

More: TechCrunch and VentureBeat. Thanks:@tron

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:

iUNU, whose LUNA robot moves on greenhouse roofs and uses AI to detect problems with plants and find spots that are ready to harvest, raises a $24M Series B — Not going to lie, iUNU (pronounced “you knew") is not the easiest name (further confusing matters is the presence of a robot called “LUNA").

More: GeekWire

Yogita Khatri / The Block:

Hex Trust, which offers crypto custody, staking, brokerage, and financing services to institutional clients in Hong Kong and Singapore, raises an $88M Series B — Quick Take — Asian crypto custodian Hex Trust has raised $88 million. — Animoca Brands and Liberty City Ventures co-led the round.

More: TechCrunch, Hex Trust, CoinDesk, Australian Financial Review, Blockchain News, Coinspeaker, Blockworks, and CryptoNinjas

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:

RISC-V chip designer SiFive raises a $175M Series F at a $2.5B valuation led by Coatue Management, bringing its total funding to $350M+ — Chip design firm SiFive has raised $175 million at a $2.5 billion as RISC-V emerges as an alternative processor architecture.

More: Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, San Francisco Business Journal, Protocol, The Register, and Reuters

Kenrick Cai / Forbes:

Webflow, which offers a no-code website building tool, raises a $120M Series C led by YC Continuity at a $4B valuation, bringing its total funding to $335M — Vlad Magdalin says he's been getting odd looks at Starbucks in recent weeks when he tells the baristas his first name.

More: VentureBeat and PR Newswire

Andrés Engler / CoinDesk:

OXIO, a “carrier-as-a-service” company that lets brands launch mobile services by turning data into blockchain-based digital assets, raises a $40M Series B — The company's white label product allows any brand to serve as a mobile operator. It's already working with Grupo Bimbo and other big brands in Mexico.

Tweets: @coindesk

Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Google says Steam launched in alpha “on select Chromebooks”; code changes previously showed that the PC game store would require a high-performance Chromebook — The long-awaited availability of Steam on Chromebooks was just more or less announced (in alpha) at the 2022 Google for Games Developer Summit.

Sean Hollister / The Verge:

Google details Stadia plans, including letting developers offer trials, port Unreal Engine and Unity games more easily, and white label cloud gaming services

More: TechCrunch, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, Wccftech, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, Stevivor, Protocol, Android Headlines, Android Central, Engadget, Engadget, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, MobileSyrup, Stadia Source, Thurrott, 9to5Google, Forbes, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @ashrust

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